![]() ![]() ![]() One depicts a future where roles are reversed, in which now-corporeal djinni struggle to live alongside a crafty humanity always on the look out for a twist of fate in their favour. Some (try to) cleave to settings and stories located in times and places traditionally associated with these smoky spirits others explore what the djinn might become in locations as disparate as modern day Los Angeles to rural Pakistan. Murad & Shurin have given their contributors an open brief, and the results are dazzling. With contributors from all around the world, this collection of short stories is as remarkable for its variety as it is for its quality. Ephemeral spirits that tempt us, trick us, and sometimes grant our wishes, these creatures of folklore take centre stage in excellent Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin’s anthology, The Djinn Falls in Love. When Allah created man out of clay, he created djinn out of fire. ![]()
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